Flat-iron heater.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

B. THOMAS.

FLAT IRON HEATER.

APPLIO ATION FILED JULY 11, 1904.

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EDMUND THOMAS, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

- FLAT-IRON HIEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905 Application filed July 11, 1904. Serial No. 216,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flat-iron heaters; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a convenient means for heating flat-irons of different sizes and kinds, and at the same time holding the iron in a convenient position to be removed from the heater.

The invention is illustrated in the accompa nying drawings as follows: Figure l showsa planview of the heater. Fig. 2-shows a section on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isaside elevation of the heater with a flat-iron having a detachable handle in place; Fig. 4, aside elevation of the heater with an ordinary iron in place.

v Amarks an inclosing casing. It is provided with slots into which the handle of the iron is placed. The enlarged part of the slot at is of suflicient width to engage the projections 61 of the iron D, having a detachable handle, (not shown,) and the bottom a of the slot is arranged to engagethe handle 6 of the ordinary iron E. The inclosing casing is preferably pyramidally shaped and has a series of supporting-slots in the sides. Arranged within the inclosing shell is a support B, preferably pyramidally shaped, having flat surfaces on which the face of the iron rests. Projecting from this support B are the arms 6. These are arranged between the slots. The shell A has the lugs 03 "which present vertical surfaces on the inside. The arms I) have the pro- These projections have the slots .6 through which the studs 0 pass. The studs 0 are screwed into the lugs a and are provided'with the nuts 0'.

With flat-irons of different thicknesses it is desirable that the parts 41 on the detachable flat-iron D fit in the larger part of the slot at, and to make the space between the supportB and shell A right to effect this result some adjustment is desirable. I provide this by making the steps Z2 on the projection Z). By loosening the nut 0' the support B may be lowered to the different steps 6 and thus adjusted to any height desired. It will be apparent that by raising or lowering it the space between the shell and support B is diminished or increased by reason of the tapered shape of the support and shell.

What I claim as new is 1. In a flat-iron heater, the combination of an inclosing shell having slots therein the edges of which form supports for an iron and a support within the shell, said shell and support being arranged to hold the iron in an upright position with the handle portion exposed; and means for adjusting the support relatively to the shell to accommodate different thicknesses of irons.

2. In a flat-iron heater, the combination of the pyramidally-shaped inclosing shell having slots therein for the reception of the flatiron handles; a support arranged within the shell; and means, for adjusting the support vertically to vary the space between the support and the shell for difierentthicknesses of irons.

3. In aflat-iron heater, the combination of the inclosing shell having slots for the reception of the iron handles, the support B arranged in the shell opposite-the slots, said support having projections 12', in the ends of which are slots 6 and on which are steps b for permitting the adjustment of the support.

4. In a flat-iron heater, the combination of the shell having the slots at with the extensions a narrower than the main portions of the slots at, and the lugs 2 thereon; the support B arranged within the shell and having flat surfaces opposite said slots, and arms Z2 extending from said support B; said arms 5 having projections b'provided with steps b and with slots 6 and'the screws 0 extending through said last-named slots for attaching the support to the shell.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- H. O. LORD, M. O. SULLIVAN. 

